NATO said Tuesday it has suspended all cooperation with Russia over the Crimea crisis and questioned Moscow's claim to have withdrawn troops from near the Ukrainian border, saying it could not confirm any pullback.
The Western alliance's latest statements came as Moscow heaped even more pressure on Ukraine's teetering economy with a painful gas-price hike..... Read more

The UN agency tasked with facilitating Myanmar´s first census in decades on Tuesday said it was "deeply concerned" over a government decision to bar Muslims from identifying as Rohingya, warning it could stoke tensions.
Myanmar had said it would conduct the rare survey in accordance with international standards and "explicitly agreed&..... Read more

The United States said Tuesday that North Korea's test firing of two medium-range missiles into the Sea of Japan represented "a troubling and provocative escalation."
A State Department statement said officials were closely coordinating with our allies and partners, including in the UN Security Council, "to take the appropriate measures in ..... Read more

A court in southern Egypt has convicted 529 supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi, sentencing them to death on charges of murdering a policeman and attacking police.
The court in Minya issued its ruling on Monday after only two sessions in which the defendants´ lawyers complained they had no chance to present their case.
Those convicted a..... Read more

France´s foreign minister says that leaders of the Group of Eight world powers have suspended Russia´s participation in the club amid tensions over Ukraine and Russia´s incursion into Crimea.
The other seven members of the group had already suspended preparations for a G-8 summit that Russia is scheduled to host in June in Sochi.
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India remains the biggest buyer of arms in the world, importing nearly three times as many weapons as its nearest competitors China and Pakistan over the last five years, a Swedish think tank said on Monday.
The total volume of arms sales was up 14 percent in 2009-13 compared to the previous five years, according to the Stockholm International Peace Resea..... Read more